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GPS Information |
Ok Ladies and
Gents we finaly got all the Paiute ATV GPS information together,
but we have decided to place it on our other website.
www.ATVUtah.com
Please Check it out!
We have more information than we know what to do with.

GPS related information
you will find there:
Since loading waypoints into a GPS manually can be tedious and
potentially disastrous (sometimes you don't realize you programmed
an "E" waypoint as a "W" waypoint until you are lost). We have assembled
PAIUTE ATV Waypoints and
FREE software for
your PC to upload them to your GPS.
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Detailed Topographic Maps showing highlighted ride routes
with estimated time and distances, a real help if you want to know
if a ride will last longer than you will. Interesting
things to see along the way with GPS waypoints showing you the route.
Now this is information RICH.
- Geocaching.
This amounts to a high tech treasure hunt.
Look on the web at

www.geocaching.com to see geocaches within 150 miles of Marysvale
to get details on how it works, how to find and place your own Geocache.
Check out our geocache and information on geocaches on and around
the trail.
GPS and Mapping
related links:
-
How Stuff Works - Description of how your GPS works.
- Maptools.com
- GREAT site for learning about how to use Maps compass and a few
basic tools. Lots of great advice and a few inexpensive and
free tools.
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Sam Wormleys GPS site - WOW, everything you want to know about
GPSs. Need a waypoint? A Map? A Tutorial on how
your GPS works? Advice on which GPS to buy? Want to
know what the Russians use for GPS?
- Joe Mahaffey and Jack Yeazel's
GPS web site . - Everything you EVER
wanted to know concerning GPS's. Go here.
- Free Topographic maps online. Around
Marysvale , across the
World
. Free is good, but these digital versions of traditional maps lack
annotation and can be difficult to print and use effectively.
The net effect is you can be data rich and information poor.
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Free
Map viewing software. You'll need this if you download
free map data.
Editorial:
A word on buying a GPS: In the authors humble opinion you
do not need to spend a lot of money on a GPS. GPS's are like
VCRs. Every little feature costs a few dollars more so the first
thing to decide is how much $$$ you want to spend. Many GPSs
have mapping features. This might work well but it should NEVER
replace a quality map. At best you are forced to view the map
through a 2" window which makes detail impossible. The type
of maps you need along the Piute ATV trial are Topographic, which
means lots of detail and since the trail covers such a large area
and it is quite impossible to "scan" the map for nearby (or far way)
items. At worst you will be highly dependent on the lifespan
of the batteries in your GPS and may find yourself with neither map
nor GPS. The same goes for compass and altimeters. Use your
GPS as a GPS, your compass as a compass and your altimeter as a doorstop.
So don't spend another $100 getting those functions in a GPS. Get
a GPS that can store a few recorded tracks and routes. Personally
we like the Garmin Etrex Venture. Stores plenty of waypoints
and tracks. Can track back, sort and categorize waypoints.
Best of all it is small, tough , accurate and easy to learn how to
use. The only reason we like it better than the Garmin Etrex
is it can store multiple tracklogs and routes. Think twice about buying
a used older model to save money. Make sure it has 12 channels.
This technology has changes a LOT in the past few years so unless
you can get one for $20, and expect to get $20 of use out of it, then
pass.
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